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Who-is-Who, first translator of Vitruvius' De Architectura, architect, engineer, painter
Cesariano Caesar was an engineer, architect and painter but also an important studious and theorist of architecture. A pupil of the master Bramante, stayed in many Italian cities are also well aware of Perugino, Pinturicchio and Luca Signorelli. As an engineer designed a part of the plant's defensive fortifications of Castello Sforzesco; works hard as an architect in Milan where he designs the portico of “Santa Maria presso San Celso”, directs, among others, the building of the Cathedral; as a painter paints the Sacristy of S. John the Baptist in Parma and the Hall of the Deputies of the “Fabbrica del Duomo”, which was demolished in the nineteenth century. Author of the first translation printed in the vernacular of the De Architectura of Vitruvius which accompanies by an extensive commentary, with a rich iconographic many recordings taken from drawings by the author.
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variant spelling:
Cesariano, Cesare
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Curriculum vitae
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* 1475
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born
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1493
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Ferrara
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Courtier at the court of Ercole I d’Este in Ferrara
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1496
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Reggio Emilia
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Married Caterina, daughter of the painter Spadinsacchi, and he lives in Reggio Emilia
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1508
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Parma
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Moved to Parma to paint the Sacristy of San Giovanni Battista.
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1512
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Engineer and architect of the fortifications at the court of the Duke Massimiliano Sforza.
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1512 - 1513
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Milano
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Begins the first translation in print in the vernacular of the work of Vitruvius “Di Lucio Vitruvio Pollione de architectura libri dece traducti de latino in vulgare affigurati: commentati et con mirando ordine insigniti". Designer of the part of the defensive plans of the Castello Sforzesco; painter of the Room of Deputies in the Duomo; worker at the site of the church of S. Maria presso S. Celso in Milan
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1521
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He completes the translation of Vitruvius' "De Architectura"
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1533
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Ducal engineer of the Spanish Governor
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1533
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Milano
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Architect in the ducal city of Milan
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1535
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Milano
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Director of the Fabric of the cathedral of Milan
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† 1543
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died
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